From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755771AbcBWVug (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:50:36 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:41736 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755634AbcBWVo7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:44:59 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Takashi Iwai" , "Dmitry Vyukov" Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:42:03 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 26/67] ALSA: dummy: Disable switching timer backend via sysfs In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 92.40.248.141 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.78-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Takashi Iwai commit 7ee96216c31aabe1eb42fb91ff50dae9fcd014b2 upstream. ALSA dummy driver can switch the timer backend between system timer and hrtimer via its hrtimer module option. This can be also switched dynamically via sysfs, but it may lead to a memory corruption when switching is done while a PCM stream is running; the stream instance for the newly switched timer method tries to access the memory that was allocated by another timer method although the sizes differ. As the simplest fix, this patch just disables the switch via sysfs by dropping the writable bit. BugLink: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+ZGEeEBntHW5WHn2GoeE0G_kRrCmUh6=dWyy-wfzvuJLg@mail.gmail.com Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- sound/drivers/dummy.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/sound/drivers/dummy.c +++ b/sound/drivers/dummy.c @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(pcm_substreams, "PCM su module_param(fake_buffer, bool, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(fake_buffer, "Fake buffer allocations."); #ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS -module_param(hrtimer, bool, 0644); +module_param(hrtimer, bool, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(hrtimer, "Use hrtimer as the timer source."); #endif